What do you think of this deal for a marshall amp ?

[KeithH]

Sorry if this is on the wrong forum, mods please feel free to move if necessary.

Marshall AVT150
he paid £800 for the lot last year, very light gigging, will throw in
marshall leather covers (cost £40), just had valve replaced and full
service.
see attached pics, retail of just the top cab is £320.

he wants £325 for the lot, but would bid him down to around £275-300. will
pick up, he lives locally.

would this do for just home jamming use (or is it too big) ? I am after one
that will give me a nice gary moore type lead sound, with lots of crunch for
hetfield sound rythym. Would this do that on its own, without the need for
extra effects etc ?

Ive never bought an amp like this before, sorry for stupid questions !!

Thanks in advance.

http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3747251
http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3747250

[Jaden]

its a good price for that lot and it would be fine for gigging but...

my experience with valvestate amps (and I still have one) is that you wont get that gary moore / hetfield sound. the distortion /overdrive is pretty thin and I have to run a keeley DS-1 in front to get any kind of decent tone...

if you were going to gig it with a rack in front of it then OK, but for home jamming I would get a modelling amp.

for what its worth, I wouldnt buy another valvestate personally - its served me well for over 10 years (I think) and ive gigged the arse off it.. but I wouldnt get another...
check out line6 stuff.

[jem_fanatic]

glad i saw this DONT BUY THIS AMP!! i had one myself and brought it back the next day it has no claarity and is full of way to much bass that stays there wven with the prescense and treble maxed and it aint tight low end either its really loose lack of tone

i know tone taste vaires from person to person but i havent heard of 1 person i know whos had or tried this amp that has gave it any sory of a good review please god dont buy it because youll only be dissapointed

[dannymills]

Originally Posted by jem_fanatic

glad i saw this DONT BUY THIS AMP!! i had one myself and brought it back the next day it has no claarity and is full of way to much bass that stays there wven with the prescense and treble maxed and it aint tight low end either its really loose lack of tone

I hate that about new amps too man, always puts me off 'em in shops. But that's usually just because the speaker hasn't ben 'broken in' with a half-hour's maxed out playing or so. Give it a week at home usually, and max it out a few times.

That said, I really do rate the old VS's, i.e. the ones with no effects. Fantastic tone from the old VS50. However, these new built-in effects thingummies do sound, bluntly, rubbish.

Dan

[Lefty Robb]

horrible amp, was given one to use for a week while my other head was in the shop, played on it for, oh, about 1 second, laughed, and told the guy it wasn't worth the effort to bring to my car. its a crappy solid state marshall, don't be fooled by the little 12ax7 in its preamp stage.

[jem_fanatic]

my friend has also owned and still owns this amp (he cant sell it because noone will buy it) and hes maxed it and broken in that speaker for over a year now and it still sounds bollox DONT BUY IT!!!

[Dylan7620]

i use to want this amp (mind you, this was years ago when i had nothing but a peavey rage) if you get a valve state i'd suggest looking at an older series (not the AVT series) but the VS-8xxx. my buddy just scored a valvestate 8100 for $180 (under £100) it was just the head, no speaker cab, but it still gives you a much clearer and tighter tone.

[Dylan7620]

Originally Posted by Lefty Robb

its a crappy solid state marshall, don't be fooled by the little 12ax7 in its preamp stage.

its no JCM by any means, but even by solid state standards they are just weak. VS and first run MG series destroy AVTs